Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache
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Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache

by Keith H. Basso

Linguistics Indigenous Studies Anthropology
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A study of how Western Apache place names and stories encode cultural wisdom, morality, and connection to the land.

ISBN-13 9780826317247 ASIN 0826317243 Views 448 Publisher University of New Mexico Press Year 1996 Edition First Edition Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 192 Created March 07, 2026 Updated September 26, 2026
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This book examines the deep relationship between language and landscape among the Western Apache people.

It highlights how place names carry cultural knowledge and moral guidance.

The work draws on ethnographic research to show the significance of storytelling and geography.

Readers gain insight into how indigenous communities preserve wisdom through language.

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